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re: LSU and Bama fans... a classic (for Tiger fans anyway)
Posted on 2/23/11 at 11:06 pm to USMC DAWG
Posted on 2/23/11 at 11:06 pm to USMC DAWG
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I thought Rein was already named as head coach, and was on a recruiting trip when the plane crashed.
he was the coach and on a recruiting trip. he was in a new plane borrowed from nichols construction co. and a very experienced pilot. the oxygen system failed and both died in flight. the plane continued and crashes miles over the atlantic ocean. an air force plane was scrambled and it flew close enough to observe that both men were dead and followed the plane until it ran out of fuel. i know this because i had sold the pilot life insurance years before and my company paid off w/o a body based on the testimony of the air force pilot.
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Posted on 2/23/11 at 11:16 pm to LSU GrandDad
Bowden would've died in that plane crash, as well as the Marshall plane crash. He says he was very close to accepting both head coaching jobs.
Posted on 2/24/11 at 3:34 am to LSU GrandDad
"the oxygen system failed and both died in flight. the plane continued and crashes miles over the atlantic ocean."
Didn't know this. That's how Payne Stewart died too.
Didn't know this. That's how Payne Stewart died too.
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